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The OFW ID was launched in 2017 as an intended replacement for the OEC [8] but the implementation was stopped by 2018. [9] In 2023, President Bongbong Marcos directed the Department of Migrant Workers and other relevant agencies to make OEC processing free-of-charge. The OFW Pass, a digital version of the OEC is being developed.
The Pakistani community in Dubai numbers over 400,000, [3] forming around 13% of the local population and constituting the third largest ethnicity in the city. [4] The Consulate-General oversees Pakistani interests in Dubai and provides various services to Pakistani citizens in the emirate.
The agency was founded as the Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas Workers through Letter of Instruction No. 537, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on May 1, 1977. [4] [3] It was renamed into the OWWA through Executive Order No. 126, signed by President Corazon Aquino on January 30, 1987. [5]
Visa free entry for holders of a valid multi-entry visa or residence permit of Bulgaria, Cyprus or Romania. Cuba: Visa required [66] Travelers require an Advanced travel information form (D'VIAJEROS) at https://dviajeros.mitrans.gob.cu/inicio, 48 hours before entry into Cuba. Medical travel insurance required Curaçao: Visa required [67]
The Pakistan Single Window (PSW) stands as a prominent undertaking spearheaded by Pakistan Customs.Its overarching objective is to diminish the time and expenses associated with conducting business by transitioning Pakistan's cross-border trade into a digital realm, thereby eliminating the need for paper-based manual procedures.
After Ferdinand Marcos was removed from office following the People Power Revolution of February 1986, his successor Corazon Aquino issued Executive Order No. 126, which renamed the Welfare Fund as the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). In 1995, the Republic Act 8042, or Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act, became law.
The Pakistan Association Dubai (PAD) is the largest community center for overseas Pakistanis in the world. It was founded in the late 1960s as a platform for advancing the social and cultural interests of Pakistani expatriates residing in Dubai and more broadly, the United Arab Emirates .
President Duterte signing Republic Act No. 11641 or the Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on December 30, 2021. On July 12, 2019, during the Araw ng Pasasalamat for OFWs (Thanksgiving day for the Overseas Filipino Workers), President Duterte in a speech promised to finish the framework for the creation of a department that caters to the need of OFWs.